The May Report: 9/28/2011: Look, if I want to get this out before sundown I have four minutes — oops, already two minutes over — so no time for a headline except that I have been waiting for someone to defend Neil Kane and he is all alone it would seem, plus proof that trivia in TMR is good since I wrote about my experience urinating next to Herman Cain in the Four Seasons Hotel back in 2002

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Social Media for Business starts October 5th!

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Scoop section:

– Chris Sweis: Juno Wallet news
– Clean Energy Trust Announces 2012 Clean Energy Challenge!
– Groupon Announces Rewards Program to Drive Repeat Visits to Local Businesses
– Bill Anthony: Ironically, congratulates Ron on winning the defamation case — but it was Bill who told Doreen Schweitzer to call Ron and that call resulted in the case
– Link to social media week info. which was NOT well publicized
– Jeanne Heydecker: Are you taking on new clients?
– Layton Olson: Where Social Responsibility Meets Real Estate | Investing In Communities — October 12 deadline for $1000 – $5000 grants
– MacArthur Awards New Documentary Film Grants
– Anonymous: The Nancy Sullivan saga continues with the departure of a long time tech manager Shayan Sartipi
– After my friend Julia got canned at Next Door, she decided to follow her dream and she is working on an organic farm in the Salinas Valley about an hour from San Francisco
– Jeff Grossberg: Good seeing you Ron, at two events on Monday night
– Miscellaneous notes including a bunch of stuff from Jeff Meredith responding to me about the fact that I urinated next to Herman Cain at the Four Seasons Hotel on Feb. 19, 2002 and mentioned it in TMR — trivia you know, we specialize in that, but the real message is that Jeff should be doing opp research for the Dems (7 messages)
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Chris Sweis: Juno Wallet news

Subject: News
Date: 9/24/2011 9:20:55 A.M. Central Daylight Time
From: chris@junowallet.com
To: RONALDMAY@aol.com

www.prweb.com/releases/junowallet/dailydeal/prweb8823765.htm

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Make it a Great Day!

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JunoWallet in the news…

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Clean Energy Trust Announces 2012 Clean Energy Challenge!

Subject: Clean Energy Trust Announces 2012 Clean Energy Challenge!
Date: 9/28/2011 11:14:24 A.M. Central Daylight Time
From: onepresence@yahoo.com
To: ron@themayreport.com
CC: ronaldmay@aol.com

Clean Energy Trust Announces 2012 Clean Energy Challenge, Expands Competition To Businesses Across The Midwest Region
Press Release September 28, 2011

CHICAGO (www.twitter.com/techaccesstv) – The Clean Energy Trust (CET) will begin accepting applications on November 1, 2011 for the second annual Clean Energy Challenge, to be held March 1, 2012 in Chicago. More than $200,000 in cash prizes will be awarded to the best early-stage companies and student-generated Midwest business ideas with the potential to bring new clean energy technology to the marketplace.
The inaugural competition, held earlier this year, drew more than 70 applications from Illinois companies working in all aspects of clean energy. Four winners, Clean Urban Energy, NextGen Solar, Thermal Conservation Technologies and Lotus Creative Innovations received awards totaling $140,000.
The 2012 competition will be opened to businesses from Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin.
“The initial Challenge took creative concepts in clean energy and helped accelerate development of these Illinois-based businesses,” said Amy Francetic, Clean Energy Trust executive director. “Some of those first winners have gone on to receive venture funding and are further developing their innovations. This time we’re including companies from all over the Midwest and will be awarding more money to both early-stage businesses and student concepts.”
Finalists will present their projects to a panel of judges, including venture capitalists, corporations and business leaders at an all-day event on March 1, 2012 at the Spertus Center in Chicago. In addition to prize money, winners will also receive mentoring from the broad group of Clean Energy Trust Advisors whose expertise includes investing, manufacturing, deal making, advanced materials and utility companies.
Applications will be accepted in five categories: renewable energy, low-carbon transportation, Smart Grid, energy efficiency and carbon abatement. Complete rules and criteria are available at www.cleanenergytrust.org/events/about-the-challenge/.
Plans may be submitted beginning November 1, 2011 online at cleanenergychallenge2012.istart.org. The application deadline is December 5, 2011.
About Clean Energy Trust:
The Clean Energy Trust was founded by prominent business and civic leaders to accelerate the pace of clean energy innovation in the Midwest. The Trust is supported by grants from the U.S. Department of Energy, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the Joyce Foundation, the Chicago Community Trust, the Small Business Administration and donations from over 50 investors, corporations, universities and trade groups. For more information, visit www.cleanenergytrust.org.
Company: Clean Energy Trust
Company URL: www.cleanenergytrust.org/

Bruce Eric Montgomery
Montgomery & Company, Inc.
Technology | Innovation | Commerce
9 West Washington Blvd., Suite 400
Chicago, Illinois 60602
1-312-725-8601
email: onepresence@yahoo.com
twitter: @onepresence
facebook: www.facebook.com/brucemontgomery
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Groupon Announces Rewards Program to Drive Repeat Visits to Local Businesses

Subject: Groupon Announces Rewards Program to Drive Repeat Visits to Local Businesses
Date: 9/28/2011 9:27:47 A.M. Central Daylight Time
From: tatvshow@yahoo.com
To: ron@themayreport.com
CC: RONALDMAY@aol.com

Groupon Announces Rewards Program to Drive Repeat Visits to Local Businesses
CHICAGO — (www.twitter.com/techaccesstv) — Today Groupon (www.groupon.com) announced Groupon Rewards, a new program allowing consumers to unlock special Groupon deals from their favorite local businesses through repeat visits. Consumers earn rewards at participating merchants simply by paying with the credit or debit card they have on file at Groupon.com. After spending an amount set by the merchant, the consumer unlocks the ability to purchase a special Groupon for that business.
“We love that Groupon Rewards is about increasing customer check-outs instead of the check-in or the added burden of a manual program”"For consumers, this is the easiest rewards program in the world,” said Jeff Holden, SVP of Product, Groupon. “There’s no cumbersome check in process; just pay with your normal credit or debit card and Rewards works behind the scenes.”
“We love that Groupon Rewards is about increasing customer check-outs instead of the check-in or the added burden of a manual program,” said Derek Miller, Director of Digital Marketing for Lifeway Foods, the parent company of Starfruit Café, which has five locations in Chicago and is participating in the pilot program. “Fraud issues can often accompany check-in and traditional punch card loyalty programs. Groupon Rewards ties rewards to spend, not visits, giving our customers incentives to purchase a larger dessert or a second treat the next time they come in.”
Groupon Rewards joins Groupon’s Daily Deals and Groupon Now! real-time deals to create the first complete suite of marketing services for local businesses, adding a retention solution to the existing customer acquisition and yield management offerings. Merchants need not have offered a Groupon deal in the past to participate, and can apply today. The consumer pilot program will launch in Philadelphia next month, expanding to other cities soon after. To learn more, visit www.groupon.com/joinrewards. For merchants interested in learning more about participating, visit http:www.groupon.com/merchants/rewards.
About Groupon
Groupon, launched in November 2008 in Chicago, features a daily deal on the best stuff to do, eat, see and buy in 45 countries around the world. Groupon uses collective buying power to offer huge discounts and provide a win-win for business and consumers, delivering more than 1,000 daily deals globally. To subscribe for the best deals in your city, visit www.groupon.com. To learn how to become a featured business, visit www.grouponworks.com.
Contacts
for Groupon
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Jordan.rittenberry@edelman.com

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Executive Producer & Host
Technology Access Television
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(312) 725-8601
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Bill Anthony: Ironically, congratulates Ron on winning the defamation case — but it was Bill who told Doreen Schweitzer to call Ron and that call resulted in the case

Subject: congratulations
Date: 9/27/2011 11:24:48 A.M. Central Daylight Time
From: anthonylawoffice@gmail.com
To: RONALDMAY@aol.com

Ron, Jeff sent me the opinion. She made short work of Dan. You might also Google Bob Muzikowski’s defamation case against Paramount Pictures, which he lost at the Seventh Circuit:

477 F.3d 899

Bill
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William D. Anthony, Attorney at Law
Anthony Law Office, 20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2520
Chicago, Illinois 60606, Telephone (312) 332-6405, ext. 267, Cellular (630) 854-0009, Facsimile (312) 332-2657
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Link to social media week info. which was NOT well publicized

Subject: link to Social Media Week FYI
Date: 9/21/2011 2:52:35 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: anthonylawoffice@gmail.com
To: RONALDMAY@aol.com

socialmediaweek.org/chicago/

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William D. Anthony, Attorney at Law
Anthony Law Office, 20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2520
Chicago, Illinois 60606, Telephone (312) 332-6405, ext. 267, Cellular (630) 854-0009, Facsimile (312) 332-2657
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Jeanne Heydecker: Are you taking on new clients?

Subject: Are you taking on new clients?
Date: 9/24/2011 5:02:03 A.M. Central Daylight Time
From: jeanne.heydecker@gmail.com
To: ronaldmay@aol.com

Hi Ronald,

If you’re taking on new clients, I’d like to include you in my private referral network to send you business leads through Referral Key.

Please accept my invitation below. Thanks!

Best,
Jeanne Heydecker
Independent Consultant
Chakkarpur, Haryana

www.referralkey.com/accept.php?i=697661O2178260O79ea95&t=1316858523

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“The new, fast growing networking website is using the power of communication to help small businesses build powerful referral networks online.” – Boston Business Journal
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Layton Olson: Where Social Responsibility Meets Real Estate | Investing In Communities — October 12 deadline for $1000 – $5000 grants

Subject: Where Social Responsibility Meets Real Estate | Investing In Communities — October 12 deadline for $1000 – $5000 grants
Date: 9/22/2011 12:51:59 A.M. Central Daylight Time
From: leo@howehutton.com
To: leo@howehutton.com
CC: mp@maprealestate.com

Colleagues involved with charitable and social enterprises,

1. Do you seek to become wider known — through social networking — for your charitable or social enterprise work?
2. Are you interested in opportunities to receive a $1000 to $5000 grant for your charity, if you register by October 12?

Below is a link to the website of a longtime client Investing in Communities and pioneer in Chicago (and wider) social enterprises. ICC and its founder Michael Pink of MAP Real Estate (a long time “tenant rep” for busineses and NFP’s needing office space) are the creators of non-grant-based revenue-generating opportunities for charities through social networking.

iiconline.org/

I would be glad to provide additional information, or contact Michael Pink (copied).
I look forward to seeing you at the October 26 event!

Good luck!

Layton Olson
www.howehutton.com
312-263-3001

www.acnconsult.org
www.broadbandillinois.org
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MacArthur Awards New Documentary Film Grants

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MacArthur Foundation
MacArthur Awards
Documentary Film Grants

The MacArthur Foundation, which has supported independently produced film and video for 30 years, today announced eight grants – totaling $1.23 million – for documentary film projects.

“MacArthur’s support for documentary film and radio projects is an integral part of our broader efforts to make information and news about important domestic and international social issues widely available to U.S. audiences,” said MacArthur Vice President for Media, Culture, and Special Initiatives Elspeth Revere. “Documentaries supported by MacArthur use compelling stories and characters to illuminate serious issues in approachable, creative, and engaging ways.”

The Foundation received nearly 400 proposals in response to its June open call for documentary film proposals. After an extensive internal review process, the following eight projects were chosen for support.

• The Arizona Project, a documentary film exploring the immigration debate sparked in 2010 by Arizona’s controversial immigration law, by Carlos Sandoval and Catherine Tambini. Camino Bluff Productions ($200,000).

• Easy Like Water, a documentary film about an innovative approach to education and climate change in Bangladesh, by Glenn Baker. Potomac Media Works ($160,000).

• Electoral Dysfunction, a documentary film examining the system of voting and voting rights in the U.S., by Bennett Singer, Leslie D. Farrell, and David Deschamps. Center for Independent Documentary, Inc. ($175,000).

• I Learn America, a documentary film about immigrant integration from the perspective and experience of five immigrant high school students and their teachers, by Jean-Michel Dissard and Gitte Peng. I Learn America LLC ($125,000).

• Oil & Water, a documentary film exploring the contamination of Ecuador’s Amazon region and efforts to protect the area and its people, by Francine Strickwerda and Laurel Spellman Smith. Stir It Up Productions LLC ($80,000).

• Seeking Refuge, a documentary film about torture survivors and the professionals who help them heal and start new lives, by Tina DiFeliciantonio and Jane Wagner. Naked Eye Productions ($140,000).

• The Supreme Price, a documentary film about the pro-democracy movement in Nigeria and efforts to increase the participation of women in leadership roles, by Joanna Lipper. Vertumnus Productions, Inc. ($200,000).

• Untitled Egyptian Project, a documentary film about a young, Egyptian journalist and her experiences as change takes place in Egypt in early 2011, by Mai Iskander. Iskander Films, Inc. ($150,000).

The Foundation funded five film and radio documentary projects earlier in the year, bringing MacArthur’s total commitment to independently produced film and radio projects for 2011 to more than $2 million.

The next open call for documentary film proposals opens on November 1, 2011 and closes on December 2, 2011. Details are available at www.macfound.org/media.

The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, the Foundation works to defend human rights, advance global conservation and security, make cities better places, and understand how technology is affecting children and society.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation | 140 S. Dearborn St., Suite 1200, Chicago, Illinois 60603-5285
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Anonymous: The Nancy Sullivan saga continues with the departure of a long time tech manager Shayan Sartipi

Subject: post this ANONYMOUS- DO NOT REVEAL EMAIL ID
Date: 9/24/2011 5:51:48 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: Email address withheld upon request
To: RONALDMAY@aol.com

Post this anonymous********************

Hi Ron,

The nefarious activities of Nancy Sullivan, the director of UIC OTM are now getting evidenced. Our FOIA has yielded rich information and it gets printed over time, readers will be able to see for themselves that the timeline of activities as posted by previous reader is accurate. It will also get obvious that Ghosh is definitely involved in this racket which obviously means that many top people are involved.

Look at this :

www.uillinois.edu/trustees/agenda/June%209,%202011/r-jun%20Secretary%27s%20Report.pdf

the previous readers posted that Shayan – one of the old tech managers left recently unable to bear the fraud and mistreatment of Nancy Sullivan and Jeremy Hollis. The link above suggests taht Shayan was given a raise by Nancy just before he left. Well it is obvious that Nancy is panicking. She knows taht people are beginning to see this exodus of seasoned professionals. So to mask her nefarious activities and give herself a veneer of impartiality ( we all know how she smuggled Jeremy Hollis in to the office by rigging his appointment and shamelessly conspiring with him), she gave Shayan a raise. Now Shayan was so fed up that he left money on the table and fled Nancy’s leadership. We will soon be posting more records we get from FOIA. for the quick reference of the readers, below is the timeline of fraud under Nancy taht the previous reader posted.

\\\\\\\\\\\\\\timeline of corruption by Nancy Sullivan\\\\\\\\\

Personnel issues are merely outward symptoms of the inner cancer – the cancer of corruption at UIC OTM under the ‘leadership’ of Ms. (not Dr.) Nancy Sullivan and her sidekick Jeremy Hollis. It is apparent if you look at the timeline

Fall 2008
Nancy is appointed the OTM director despite an awfully light resume. She is probably hired precisely because she has no law background. So in case she jiggers with patent numbers etc, the university can blame it on other employees or on Nancy’s lack of law knowledge. She probably gets a nod and a wink from higher ups (who are playing this game ) to ”show results quickly” – you know what that means. Obviously the higher ups wouldn’t be so foolish so as to explicitly instruct her to commit wholescale fraud. Alternatively the higher ups are indeed making a bad decision by hiring her. Most likely she has cut deals and used her lobbying experience. We know how she returns favor- for instance using tax dollars to pay off the member of her hiring committtee as ”inventor of the year”
Initially Nancy is super nice to all and learns basics of IP law and science from top managers.
Spring 2009
Nancy Sullivan approaches Mark Krivchenia (senior tech manager) and tells him, in substance, ” Hey look, if you are willing to be my lackey and accomplice, then we can control the whole office by humiliating them. I will give you good technologies from others and in return you spy on everyone. I will keep a file on everyone so that I can screw them over if and when needed. That way the two of us will become undisputed bosses of the office. We will terrorize everyone and make them leave and when we have full control we can share the spoils”. Mark Krivchenia being an honorable man declines to be party to such conspiracy and to be the brown noser in chief. He apparently files a complaint with HR, Ghosh and ethics department. The complaint is either quelled by HR or by Ghosh. May be Ghosh’s secretary was under implicit instructions from Ghosh to ruin all records so that Ghosh can come out clean by feigning ignorance. May be the HR – Ms. Jamie Painter has cut a deal with Nancy Sullivan to actually put complaints in paper shredder.
Summer 2009
Nancy Sullivan posts an ad for a tech manager. Many superb candidates apply. Most candidates have resumes much much stronger than that of Nancy (hey, that’s not too tough – just having an MBA is enough because Nancy’s friggin MBA is also not real – just some executive bullshit) . Nancy finds the candidature of Jeremy Hollis most attractive. Most tech managers oppose Jeremy’s candidature given his light resume. In fact most graduate students working at UIC OTM have much stronger resumes than Jeremy Hollis. The tech managers also raise concern about Jeremy’s background as owner of a defunct company (The Hollis Group)and his interests with Jim Lynch whom the earlier director Mary Dicig had fired for fleecing the university. Nancy runs roughshod over all those serious concerns and hires Jeremy. Most suspect that Nancy and Jeremy actually knew each other from before. Complaints are filed and as usual they are shot down either by Ghosh or by HR either due to incompetence or as part of kickback for some super corrupt syndicate ( remember so much fraud cannot happen without connivance of top guys- in the law school scandal – many many top guys were involved)
Fall 2009 :
Jeremy joins the UIC OTM. Right from day one he acts as though he is deputy director though he is the most junior. Nancy goes to lunch ONLY with him every day. People at the office are shocked. Their suspicions taht Jeremy and Nancy knew each other before and that the selection process was a charade is confirmed. they again file complaints and Ghosh’s office and the HR make as sincere attempts as Pakistan made to find Bin Laden.
Now that Nancy has found her accomplice Jeremy Hollis, she unveils her fangs. She goes full speed with her nefarious designs.So starts an orgy of harassment of senior professionals like Mark Krivchenia, Connie Cleary , Colin James, Shayan Sartipi, Jeff Norgle and Jay Vijayan . Jeremy too harasses all of them under the protection and instructions of Nancy Sullivan. All staff files numerous complaints with HR and Ghosh’s office but to no avail.
So Nancy’s nefarious design is to harass old professionals and compel them to leave. Ghosh helps her by turning a Nelson’s eye. The plan is that if old professionals complain of maltreatment, Ghosh can just say ” nancy is aggressive businesswoman and personnel matters cannot be commented on” to mask the reality that ” nancy is getting rid of old people who know the law and ethics of tech transfer business and will not allow pillaging of university ie they will turn in nancy which will bring down the carefully constructed edifice of corruption”.
Readers must recall that initially when Ron May started this investigation, Nancy posted an anonymous letter under the name ‘Klatuuu’ accusing old employees of taking pilates classes. What a shameless liar you are Nancy!
Nancy then starts filing for bogus patents and rewards all top scientists by helping them bypass the law and enriches them with tax dollars. We all know the Dave Carley story. MOre investigation will show that the Dave Carley story is just the tip of the icerberg.
Thus by fraud Nancy inflates her figures. That way if someone accuses her of too much staff turnover she can always say that the staff was lazy and that she is aggressive and getting results. Oh Nancy, do you think people are so dumb and cannot see though your phony arguments. Those high heels you wear may add to your height, they do not add to your intellect. Remember even the cleverest criminal leaves behind evidence, and this is a university, there is oodles of it and yes a paper trail…………………
Spring 2010
Nancy gives all good technologies to Jeremy. So now Jeremy Hollis has the best technologies on which the hard work was done by previous tech managers notably Colin James and Dr. Jay Vijayan. Nancy Sullivan attempts to project that Jeremy Hollis is the most capable technology manager which is definitely not the case. He is merely enjoying the fruits of other people’s labor – a sordid situation created by naked abuse of power by Nancy Sullivan.
Without consulting the tech managers, she handed over the best technologies from their portfolios to her brown-noser Jeremy Hollis. Tech manager ABC approached her saying ” I did not know that my technology XYZ now belongs to Jeremy Hollis- I have worked hard on it for years. At least you should have told me. I did not know…..’. Nancy Sullivan curtly replied ‘Now you know’ and shut him up. Such has been the naked abuse of power. The stage is being set to reward Jeremy for being a good accomplice in this corrupt syndicate.
Thus Nancy creates a background in which if someone accuses here of favoring Jeremy she can readily say ” Jeremy brings in the most business”. Yes that may be technically true but that’s because Nancy you have fraudulently given Jeremy the rewards of hard work of others. When Joe Garcia joins as head of R&D all his work is handled by -you guessed it – the former owner of the defunct company the Hollis Group- the one and only Mr. Jeremy Hollis.
Between Fall 2009 and fall 2010
all top people are forced to leave. Nancy hires some new people who are not made aware of any deal cutting( ie corruption). They are made to do all low level work. Of course Nancy and Jeremy are paranoid – they know that if others in the office know what they are doing they will be behind bars-. That way if someone says that Nancy got rid of Jay a PhD she can always see she hired Nelson, a PhD – well nelson is doing the job of a coordinator – ie he is in a neutered position. The only two decision makers ( ie accomplices) are Jeremy and Nancy – which explains why they two exclusively go for lunch everyday to hatch conspiracies
That was the principal reason to get rid of all seasoned folks like Jay, Connie, Colin- ie they would turn in Nancy. Mark could not leave UIC OTM as he is too old and could not get a job – that’s why he was infact the first one whom Nancy proposed to be accomplice in Spring 2009. Ohh little caddy Nancy, you are not the smartest criminal, puhleeeeeeeze. We do see your vulgar games.
And now Nancy’s original nefarious plan which she had dislosed to Mark Krivchenia in Spring 2009 has been brilliantly executed by Nancy. All made possible by either the incompetence or connivance of Mr. Avijit Ghosh – the dean of business school, and the HR- Ms. Jamie Painter, and top scientists and many others.
And then the corrupt lot lived happily ever after – in jail!
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\timeline of corruption by Nancy Sullivan\\\\\\\\\
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After my friend Julia got canned at Next Door, she decided to follow her dream and she is working on an organic farm in the Salinas Valley about an hour from San Francisco

Subject: Re: Julia, can’t wait to hear how your first day on the farm was.
Date: 9/24/2011 4:58:51 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: jjablko@yahoo.com
To: RONALDMAY@aol.com

Hey Ron,
Things are going well, this place is so beautiful and the harmony of nature, breath-taking. It’s peaceful, quiet, simple, but let me tell you we work HARD !!! Today, saturday we worked 5 and a half hours, sixth day in a row, and yesterday ten hours, without even a lunch break, we just keep going, but it’s good, and working outside around plants and animals is really nice. I am getting stronger and more resilient with each day. Where we live, in our small workers camp it is also nice. We take turns cooking meals, and we get all the delicious veggies straight from the fields each day so we have plenty to eat. We also have lots of salmon and other fish because we’re near the coast and one of the farmer’s sons is a fisherman, so the other night we had a fire grill at our camp. And we ate grilled fish and zucchini. You don’t get stuff this fresh at the store, and this good.
Time goes by quickly here but the days are long and full. I have had a few tough days, just adjusting but for the most part it is all really good and I feel really happy here
Thanks again for the ride and I don’t have any phone reception here so write me emails if anything.
Best wishes
-Julia

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From: “RONALDMAY@aol.com”
To: jjablko@yahoo.com
Cc: ronaldmay@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 10:02 PM
Subject: Julia, can’t wait to hear how your first day on the farm was.
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Jeff Grossberg: Good seeing you Ron, at two events on Monday night

Subject: Ron from Jeff- Great seeing you
Date: 9/27/2011 4:15:21 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: jeff@greenworldalliance.org
To: ronaldmay@aol.com, ron@themayreport.com

Hi Ron,

It was great seeing you at both the events! I am still chuckling from your last May Report with your Len Bland post:) I look forward to getting together with you at the right time. Our Web 3.0 media venture is now very much on track. It can be a very big thing, and make a big impact on many levels, green being one. We have investors climbing onboard, we have sales made and more coming.

I look forward to chatting with you so you understand where we are heading and how we can work together.

BEST TO YOU!

Jeff

Jeff Grossberg

GREENº»WORLDâ

Green World Alliance

800 West Huron, Suite 4E

Chicago, IL 60642

312.335.9000 ex 101 phone

312.335.8412 fax

312.953.8728 cell

Skype: jagrossberg

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Miscellaneous notes including a bunch of stuff from Jeff Meredith responding to me about the fact that I urinated next to Herman Cain at the Four Seasons Hotel on Feb. 19, 2002 and mentioned it in TMR — trivia you know, we specialize in that, but the real message is that Jeff should be doing opp research for the Dems (7 messages)
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#1: Subject: Re: Dan, why are you unsubscribing? Just curious.
Date: 9/23/2011 10:21:20 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: dan@doejo.com
To: RONALDMAY@aol.com

Simply not interested. And your emails are not formatted properly, its a mess.

On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 9:48 PM, wrote:

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Dan Sosedoff
dan@doejo.com
312.576.1330
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#2: Subject: RE: Why TMR trivia is great! I pissed at the urinal next to Herman Cain on 2/19/02!
Date: 9/25/2011 7:12:01 A.M. Central Daylight Time
From: bconnolly@furthermore.com
To: RONALDMAY@aol.com, paul@paulmayassociates.com
CC: slundin@bigfrontier.com, dmay1@charter.net

And on his tombstone read… “Why TMR trivia is great! I pissed at the urinal next to Herman Cain on 2/19/02!”

From: RONALDMAY@aol.com [mailto:RONALDMAY@aol.com]
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 6:56 AM
To: paul@paulmayassociates.com
Cc: slundin@bigfrontier.com; bconnolly@furthermore.com; dmay1@charter.net; ronaldmay@aol.com
Subject: Why TMR trivia is great! I pissed at the urinal next to Herman Cain on 2/19/02!
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#3: Subject: Re: Even Forbes calls out Cain for lying about ObamaCare
Date: 9/25/2011 9:30:01 A.M. Central Daylight Time
From: darcyevon@sbcglobal.net
To: jeffmere@gmail.com, ronaldmay@aol.com

Ah, the old bathroom reporter’s trick…What a small world!

— On Sun, 9/25/11, Jeffrey Meredith wrote:

From: Jeffrey Meredith
Subject: Even Forbes calls out Cain for lying about ObamaCare
To: RONALDMAY@aol.com
Cc: darcyevon@sbcglobal.net, anthonylawoffice@gmail.com
Date: Sunday, September 25, 2011, 8:38 AM

www.forbes.com/sites/davidwhelan/2011/09/22/fact-checking-herman-cain-who-says-he-would-be-dead-under-obamacare/

Ron, you failed to report the part where he turned to you and said, “I predict that I will be yet another lying asshole pursuing the Republican nomination for president in 2012. I will insult gays and Muslims and lie about the impacts of healthcare reform. Also, you should try my pizza — it’s as nasty as I am.”

On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 9:12 AM, wrote:

02/26/2002

Scoop

Briefly noted, by Ron May

* The America Online presentation at the CIMA breakfast meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 19 was held at the Four Seasons Hotel at 120 E. Delaware. I don’t remember ever having been in this hotel before. The first thing that struck me was how classy it is, even nicer than the Ritz Carlton. But, I must say that you get the feeling that you are being watched; they do not appear to be looking for a lot of through traffic. I heard that a lot of higher-level executives have meetings there. So, imagine this scene: I go to the men’s room, and three guys walk in, all standing in a row at the urinals. Naturally, I overhear their conversations. One of them says, “So, are you going to Boston after this?” and the response was something like “No, I’m going to Phoenix to meet with a thousand people, and then I’m off to Asia.” Specifically he mentioned that he was going to Japan, and they commented on how lousy the Japanese economy is. After those two guys left, the third guy, who hadn’t said much, was standing there, and I struck up a conversation with him. It turns out that they were at the Four Seasons for a Whirlpool Corporation board meeting. He didn’t have a business card, but he told me that his name was Herman Cain (www.HermanCain.com), that he has his own business consulting practice, and is the chairman of Godfather’s Pizza.
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#4: Subject: Re: Herman Cain & Aquila, Enron of the Midwest
Date: 9/25/2011 11:19:25 A.M. Central Daylight Time
From: darcyevon@sbcglobal.net
To: jeffmere@gmail.com
CC: ronaldmay@aol.com

Great research!

— On Sun, 9/25/11, Jeffrey Meredith wrote:

From: Jeffrey Meredith
Subject: Herman Cain & Aquila, Enron of the Midwest
To: “Darcy Evon”
Cc: “Ron May”
Date: Sunday, September 25, 2011, 9:52 AM

Only Ron would talk to a total stranger in the men’s room.

Whirlpool has been laying off employees for a long time now. So much for Herman Cain’s record as a job creator.

Since Ron gets all of his news from cable tv motormouths (who only care about the horse race & the baseless views of uninformed voters — not researching the candidates and what their positions would mean for America), I bet he doesn’t know about Herman Cain’s past as part of Aquila’s board of directors:

motherjones.com/politics/2011/05/herman-cain-aquila-lawsuit-2012

“Scrubbed from Cain’s official story is his long tenure as a director at a Midwest energy corporation named Aquila that, like the infamous Enron Corporation, recklessly dove into the wild west of energy trading and speculation-and ultimately screwed its employees out of tens of millions of dollars.
According to five lawsuits filed in federal court in 2004, Aquila’s board of directors-which Cain joined in 1992-allegedly steered employees into heavily investing their retirement savings in company stock. At the same time, the company shifted its business model from straightforward energy generation to risky energy trading, an unregulated market made infamous by now-defunct Enron. The suits, later folded into a single, massive class action (PDF), alleged that Cain and top company officials violated a 37-year-old federal law requiring that employers manage employees retirement programs responsibly. (Cain’s presidential exploratory committee did not respond to a request for comment.)

Founded in 1917 as Green Light and Power, Aquila traditionally made its money operating electric and gas plants and selling the energy they produced. In the years after Cain joined the board, Aquila’s earnings climbed, from $254 million in 1995 to $351 million in 1998. Then, in early 1999, the company’s leadership decided running power plants wasn’t lucrative enough; energy trading and speculation had grown popular, and as the class suit lays out, Aquila wanted a piece of the action.

It was a dangerous move-as a company spokesman later put it, “the risk was huge.” In the end, it proved disastrous. Aquila’s decision to join Enron, Reliant Energy, and the other heavy-hitters in the energy trading markets would ultimately wipe out 94 percent of Aquila’s stock value between 1999 and 2004. The company also faced criticism for using some of the same trading tricks that Enron did as a way to puff up its stock price, the lawsuit says. That included using “roundtrip” trades, a scheme in which Aquila would sell a trading partner some energy and then that partner would sell the same amount back to Aquila, a deal that canceled itself out. In the end, nothing actually changed hands. But it boosted Aquila’s trading volume and revenue, sending a positive signal to the markets. The company also engaged in megawatt laundering, or “ricochet” trading, the lawsuit alleges. In such transactions, Aquila and other companies would buy energy from California at a lower capped price, move that energy out of the state, then re-sell it back to California at a higher price for a tidy profit.

But this financial trickery couldn’t save a listing ship. In 2002, Aquila teetered on the brink of collapse. And for Aquila’s employees, the result of the company’s foray into energy trading was devastating: The company’s employee retirement fund, overseen by the board of directors, lost more than $200 million in 2002. The reason: At the same time Aquila’s executives and directors were investing more and more in highly risky energy speculation, they were selling their employees on the conservative nature of Aquila and pushing them to invest their retirement savings in company stock.

For years, the lawsuit says, executives urged employees in company speeches to reinvest in Aquila, lauded those who did so as “Aquila partners,” and even offered a 15 percent discount to buy company stock. Executives and board members also made it more difficult to sell off company stock by implementing lock-up periods, during which employees couldn’t cash in their holdings. At the end of 2000, 85 percent of Aquila employees owned common stock in the company. What’s more, 60 percent of the employees’ retirement fund consisted of Aquila stock-even though financial experts say that total should never be more than 10 to 20 percent.

The spectacular failure of Aquila’s trading venture practically wiped out the hard-earned retirement savings of veteran employees. Richard Itteilag, a plaintiff in the Aquila class action, lost 87 percent of his savings. Robert Goodson, a 20-year Aquila employee, lost 75 percent. Michael Reinhardt lost a staggering 94 percent. All told, thousands of employees saw their retirement funds eviscerated thanks to Aquila’s Enron-esque activities. (In 2007, Aquila settled with the employees for $10.5 million. Not long after, Aquila merged with other Midwestern energy companies and now no longer operates as Aquila.)

Cain served on the board of directors throughout Aquila’s ill-fated trading misadventure and the subsequent collapse of the company’s retirement fund. In fact, he chaired the board’s compensation committee, which, according to the lawsuit, had direct oversight of the push to get employees to invest more and more in Aquila stock. As chair of the compensation committee, Cain also saw fit to dole out $30 million in bonuses, not including stock options, to the top five execs at Aquila in 2002, with the company’s stock plummeting. A month after the Kansas City Star reported on the hefty bonuses in July 2002, the company laid off 500 employees, and the losses to employees holding company stock had reached hundreds of millions of dollars.

As a board member, Cain would’ve had direct knowledge of Aquila’s activities, says Fred Taylor Isquith, a New York attorney who litigated the employee class action. Asked if it was fair to place blame on Cain for the debacle at Aquila, Isquith replied, “Yes, I believe it is.”

Andy Kroll is a reporter at Mother Jones.

On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Darcy Evon wrote:

Ah, the old bathroom reporter’s trick…What a small world!

— On Sun, 9/25/11, Jeffrey Meredith wrote:

From: Jeffrey Meredith
Subject: Even Forbes calls out Cain for lying about ObamaCare
To: RONALDMAY@aol.com
Cc: darcyevon@sbcglobal.net, anthonylawoffice@gmail.com
Date: Sunday, September 25, 2011, 8:38 AM

www.forbes.com/sites/davidwhelan/2011/09/22/fact-checking-herman-cain-who-says-he-would-be-dead-under-obamacare/

Ron, you failed to report the part where he turned to you and said, “I predict that I will be yet another lying a**hole pursuing the Republican nomination for president in 2012. I will insult gays and Muslims and lie about the impacts of healthcare reform. Also, you should try my pizza — it’s as nasty as I am.”

On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 9:12 AM, wrote:

02/26/2002

Scoop

Briefly noted, by Ron May

* The America Online presentation at the CIMA breakfast meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 19 was held at the Four Seasons Hotel at 120 E. Delaware. I don’t remember ever having been in this hotel before. The first thing that struck me was how classy it is, even nicer than the Ritz Carlton. But, I must say that you get the feeling that you are being watched; they do not appear to be looking for a lot of through traffic. I heard that a lot of higher-level executives have meetings there. So, imagine this scene: I go to the men’s room, and three guys walk in, all standing in a row at the urinals. Naturally, I overhear their conversations. One of them says, “So, are you going to Boston after this?” and the response was something like “No, I’m going to Phoenix to meet with a thousand people, and then I’m off to Asia.” Specifically he mentioned that he was going to Japan, and they commented on how lousy the Japanese economy is. After those two guys left, the third guy, who hadn’t said much, was standing there, and I struck up a conversation with him. It turns out that they were at the Four Seasons for a Whirlpool Corporation board meeting. He didn’t have a business card, but he told me that his name was Herman Cain (www.HermanCain.com), that he has his own business consulting practice, and is the chairman of Godfather’s Pizza.
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#5: Subject: Titanium legs and a spine of steel
Date: 9/28/2011 1:37:05 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: davidaxelrod@tammyduckworth.com
To: ronaldmay@aol.com

Friends,

Like you, I can’t wait to see Tammy Duckworth walk down the aisle on those titanium legs and stand in the well of the U.S. House, a woman with a spine of steel who has always done her duty, exhorting the Republicans in Congress to do theirs.

Will you help put that spine of steel in Congress by donating $10, $25 or $40 right now?

By now, most of us know about Tammy’s selfless actions in combat that earned her a Purple Heart and the admiration of a grateful nation. And many of us know about her service in the Department of Veterans Affairs both here in Illinois and in Washington under President Obama, where she implemented innovative new policies to better serve our Vets.

But Tammy’s story of sacrifice begins at a much younger age. When her father lost his job, their family struggled like many others do today. When Tammy was a teenager, the Duckworth family had to go on food stamps and she would save her milk from school so her brother would have some decent nutrition.

Tammy Duckworth understands what families are going through because she has lived it. She’s proven she can get things done – as a Soldier, as an advocate for Veterans and as a voice for those with disabilities.

Last week, that event I spoke at helped raise over $75,000 for Tammy’s campaign.

Today it’s your turn.

Will you join me by donating $10, $25 or $40 right now to put a true inspiration in Congress?

Thanks,

David Axelrod
Chicago, Illinois

P.S. Tammy is running for the seat now held by Joe Walsh, a man who spends more time auditioning for talk radio than he does representing people in the district. I can’t think of a more clear contrast between Tammy, who has served our country so nobly, and Joe Walsh, who’s more interested in rigid ideology and reckless political antics than public service. No race in the country would be more symbolic of the change we need in Washington than this one. Visit TammyDuckworth.com to learn more about Tammy.

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#6: Subject: Titanium legs and a spine of steel
Date: 9/28/2011 3:15:20 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: tomrbennett@yahoo.com
To: ronaldmay@aol.com

Hey Ron:

Check-out the below-email I received from David Axelrod earlier this afternoon.

While I have 110% admiration for Tammy Duckworth given her incredible devotion, service and sacrifice to our country — it just occurred to me that Tammy Duckworth is the poster-child for why ObamaCare is an absolutely terrible, terrible idea – conceptually and constitutionally.

There’s no way for Axelrod & Company to spin it.

ObamaCare has been tearing at the fabric of our blessed country upon same policy being “jammed-thru” Congress with absolutely no give-and-take (aka – legislating or governing). I don’t know why Axelrod, Rahm & Company advised President Obama to pursue such an incredibly-ridiculous and unconstitutional policy. The same policy is going to strangle the innovation, entrepreneurial spirit and the corresponding placement of competitively-priced, major private investment often associated with our country’s health care system.

In fact, ObamaCare should not be vetted by the U.S. Supreme Court as ObamaCare is clearly a major infringement upon state’s rights. To this end, what’s their to debate? On this note, the Administration should strongly consider a unilateral “repeal” of ObamaCare as a part of a full-court-press economic game plan to re-establish genuine confidence in the markets, the economy, the current Administration, Congress and our country. Suffice to say a unilateral repeal would also serve to be a much needed “mea culpa” with Congress and the majority of the American People. Aside from the policy being a disaster – the overall approach and ‘lack-of-legislating’ is clearly an embarrassing chapter in our country’s democracy.

No matter how the U.S. Supreme Court rules in support of, or against ObamaCare – The Obama Administration loses in the context of public opinion, history and possibly 2012. It will take great courage, humility, humor and leadership for the current Administration to consider a “repeal” of ObamaCare.

So why is Duckworth the perfect poster child for re-considering ObamaCare?

It is my understanding that despite losing both her legs while on tour in Iraq – Tammy Duckworth now is fully mobile!
To this end, the innovation that ultimately inspired the technology that Major Duckworth now uses cannot be taken for
granted as merely a “fringe benefit” of the American Healthcare System.

Simply put, our innovation and entrepreneurial spirit is American.

TRB

Bennett Real Estate Partners
Nuclear | Chicago
Mobile Money 360°

— On Wed, 9/28/11, David Axelrod wrote:
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#7: Subject: When is Ron going to talk about how horrible the Daily Caller is?
Date: 9/28/2011 10:33:20 A.M. Central Daylight Time
From: jeffmere@gmail.com
To: darcyevon@sbcglobal.net
CC: ronaldmay@aol.com

Tucker Carlson’s trash heap hasn’t ever had a reason to exist (I guess they still take pride in cracking the “Journolist” non-story).

It doesn’t matter in the conservative universe if you screw up a story in a profound way — everyone else will run with your nonsense (see Sherrod, Shirley … that story should’ve discredited every outlet that ran with it). Being inaccurate/wildly off in your interpretation of events is not only good, it is very much encouraged. So I can see how the Daily Caller has somewhat of a following — they’re good at just making *hit up.

See below … Kate Sheppard shows just how wildly off the Daily Caller is.

This is what other people are seeing while you follow the “Will he or won’t he?” Chris Christie coverage, Ron — they’re paying attention to real news and how conservatives misrepresent events on a daily basis.
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This would be kind of funny, if it weren’t terrible. The Daily Caller claimed on Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency is going to have to hire 230,000 new employees just to put new climate rules in place. And then others, including Fox News, repeated it, as Media Matters highlights today.

The problem is not only the fact that the number is, uh, inconceivable, given that the EPA currently only employs 17,000 people. But the story actually managed to pull that number from a court filing about what the EPA is trying to avoid. In the court filing, the EPA is defending its rule that would only limit emissions from the largest sources of greenhouse gases. The so-called “tailoring rule” is designed to reduce the regulatory burden that setting rules for all emission sources could create, the EPA argues. As the EPA explained in its brief, without that rule:

Sources needing operating permits would jump from 14,700 to 6.1 million as a result of application of Title V to greenhouse gases, a 400-fold increase. … Hiring the 230,000 full-time employees necessary to produce the 1.4 billion work hours required to address the actual increase in permitting functions would result in an increase in the Title V administration costs of $21 billion per year.
The sick twist, of course, is that the EPA is filing this brief because a bunch of polluters have sued the agency to stop the tailoring rule. The polluters and allies claim that the EPA doesn’t have the authority to adjust the Clean Air Act in this way-which is somewhat ironic, given that the change would have the effect of weakening the global warming regulations that these same companies dislike so much. (Some enviros have sued as well, though they argue that the EPA should be going farther in its regulations.)

If the challengers are successful in getting the court to throw out the tailoring rule, the EPA would have to start going after all sources of emissions-creating exactly the kind of unmanageable regulatory burden that the EPA’s brief warns of. Only then would the Daily Caller and Fox News have the crazy bureaucratic nightmare that they’re currently (and falsely) ginning up fears about.
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